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Reasons Why Low-Income Women in Northwest Missouri Do Not Access No-Cost Mammography Services
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)
Mammography is one of the best screening methods to detect early breast cancer, identify the cancer at a more treatable stage, expand treatment options, and reduce mortality. Despite access to no-cost mammography services, Missouri women experience...
Understanding the impact of MSHSAA by-law 3.15.3 on participation in Missouri high school athletics from 2008-2016
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This quantitative policy analysis seeks to understand the potential impact of MSHSAA By-Law, 3.15.3, the contact day policy, on sport participation in Missouri high school athletics. This policy increased the number of practices Missouri coaches...
Influence of economic restructuring on rural Missouri high school dropout rates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
from a manufacturing based economy to an economy of services and information, was found to influence students' decisions to drop out. Structural equation models were used to analyze the rural trends taking place from a rural-regional state-wide level...
Agro-pastoral Landuse Transformation: Implications and Perspectives in the Northwest Region of Cameroon
(2015-08-11)
This dissertation centers on the human-environmental problem of agro-pastoral
landuse transformation in Northwest Cameroon, identifying population pressure, climate
change, environmental degradation, land grabbing, change ...
Three studies on psychological distress, health-risk behaviors, and health care access among Chinese, Filipino, and Asian Indian American Subgroups
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
among these three subgroups in Study 3. We use the pooled National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data (2011-2015) for our statistical analyses. Participants are self-identified Asian American adults who completed the Sample Adult Component...
Full Employment and Development: The Case of Indian Economy
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2014)
The purpose of this study is to establish the feasibility and desirability of full
employment and price stability in India via an Employer of Last resort program. After
providing a brief historical background of the ...
Exploring factors associated with free and reduced-price lunch participation in Missouri school districts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
entities. The analysis of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education data during the last decade revealed a 10.3% in the number of reimbursable lunches served in Missouri, with a lower participation level of eligible students from southern lower...
Examining the provision of child care subsidies across Missouri counties : the relationship between local dynamics and CCDF subsidy supply
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Previous research on child care subsidies and welfare programs has largely focused on examining individual characteristics associated with program ...
Religious involvement, attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, and preferences for alternative mental health settings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
sources. Participants were 236 church members from 4 Christian groups. They completed religious measures, a help-seeking measure, and responses to mock brochures for traditional, nontraditional, and Christian mental health facilities. Both demographic...
Power in the garden : exploring the lives of Missouri farm women and their vegetable gardens during the Great Depression
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
was primarily the responsibility of the farm woman, was an engine that helped many rural families pull through tough economic times. The home vegetable garden is an ideal place from which to explore women's agency, because it is not only a gendered site...
An examination of school leader's perceptions of the impact of HIV/AIDS on selected primary schools in Zimbabwe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
/AIDS education. The theoretical framework of the study derives from three bodies of literature: education in Zimbabwe, moral and ethical frameworks, and AIDS education for primary age children. Findings. The survey revealed differences between rural and urban...
Church outreach to Latino/a immigrants in Missouri and their mental health issues
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Latino immigrants have steadily moved into new rural areas of the Midwestern United States. This has involved adapting to a new community context, new cultures and different...
Creating connectedness: assessing the use of social media by Missouri middle school education leaders to develop their professional learning network
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Educational leaders are increasingly required to have knowledge over a wide range of topics. They are seeking ways to engage with colleagues and other educational leaders by connecting in meaningful learning and collaboration. ...
The socioeconomic and cultural significance of food gardening in the Vladimir Region of Russia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Russia's family gardens currently produce over half of the country's agricultural output and represent a major sector of the country's economy, involving two thirds of the population. Despite this prominence, household ...
Institutional influences affecting the college-going decisions of low-income mothers attending a rural midwestern community college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
certain government and institutional policies to facilitate their attendance at a rural community college in a Midwestern state, and how these policies shaped the women's choices about college attendance. More specifically, I wanted to understand how...
The adjunctification of United Methodist part-time local pastors : a case study of part-time local pastors in the Mountain Sky Conference of the United Methodist Church
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
experiences and labor conditions of part-time local pastors (PTLP's) in isolated, rural, and declining communities within the Mountain Sky Conference (MSC) of The UMC. To gather data, artifact review, demographic surveys, and Zoom interviews were conducted...
Analysis of best practice procedures to prevent sudden death in high school athletics : a regional assessment.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Objective: The analyze the adherence to best practice recommendations through the implementation of specific policies and procedures to prevent sudden death and identify barriers preventing implementation. Design and ...
The Role of Catholic Social Theory in Economic Policy
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)
This dissertation examines Catholic Social Theory (CST) in the context of its relationship to and impact on economic policy. CST emerged formally in the latter part of the nineteenth century in response to social changes ...
Reimagining alpacas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
industry. Examining a population of Midwest alpaca producers, a qualitative examination of producer motivations as exhibited on alpaca-oriented websites and how these vary across the urban-rural continuum is presented. As a case study of post-modern farming...
Food insecurity and foraging food from gardening, hunting, and fishing among supplemental nutrition assistance program and eligible supplemental nutrition assistance program families
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
likely to shop at dollar stores than are higher-income households. However, gardening, hunting and fishing are more common among households in rural areas, in the Midwest and with primary respondents who are white and married. Non-SNAP households...